International Atomic Energy Agency Japan Earthquake Update, 20 March (21:00 UTC)

Vienna, Austria—(ENEWSPF)—20 March 2011 – (21:00 UTC)

Summary of conditions at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

Located on the Eastern coast of Japan, the six nuclear power reactors at Daiichi are boiling water reactors (BWRs). A massive earthquake on 11 March disabled off-site power to the plant and triggered the automatic shutdown of the three operating reactors – Units 1, 2, and 3. The control rods in those units were successfully inserted into the reactor…